The elite did not migrate south

Chapter 255 The Horn of Counterattack

"Lord Hua, please summon all the cavalry, doctors, and eunuchs to come to the East Hall to pay homage."

"Mr. Zhang, please contact Sima Gan, Zhong Yu, and Zhong Hui, inform them of this matter, and have Zhong Hui come to the East Hall."

The two men accepted the order and turned around and left immediately.

Cao Mao suddenly looked at Cheng Ji.

"Cheng Jun, go and call General Yang."

After everyone left, Cao Mao began to think about countermeasures.

It is not possible to let Guanqiu Jian lead his troops to Luoyang now. Not to mention that they have to resist the State of Wu, the result of doing so will be a war with Sima Zhao, and then the central army will fight with Guanqiu Jian.

Cao Mao was not afraid that he could not defeat Guanqiu Jian, but he did not want to go to war with Sima Zhao, thus giving an advantage to the rebels in the temple.

He wanted to inherit Sima Shi's wealth. People like Du Yu and Deng Ai were all talented people, and it would be inappropriate to waste them in internal strife.

As for Sima Zhao, he had to find a way to completely sideline Sima Zhao and make himself the successor of Sima Shi. To accomplish this, he had to rely on Sima You.

Legally speaking, Sima You is the son of Sima Shi and certainly has more inheritance rights than his younger brother. If he can get the support of Yang Huiyu, he can divide Sima Shi's power into two, and then gradually win over the capable officials under Sima Zhao.

In the end, even if Sima Zhao was unwilling to bow his head, he could still get what he wanted. If he wanted to oppose him, he would find a way to kill him.

But the most important thing now is what is happening in the temple. He doesn't know why the ministers who have so many conflicts would suddenly put aside their prejudices, but since they are planning to attack him, he will let them know the pros and cons first.

Let them see the difference between themselves and Sima Shi, otherwise, they will not know fear.

Do you really care so much about your own power and the Wei dynasty?

If I push you too far, I'll drag all of you down with me to be buried together!

Cao Mao decided to take the struggle to a higher level. He also wanted to see whether the power he had accumulated for half a year could be used to compete with the ministers.

"Mr. Xu!"

Cao Mao suddenly shouted.

Immediately, several eunuchs came up to Cao Mao.

They lowered their heads and looked sad.

Cao Mao was originally very close to them, but they gradually became complacent and even deserted their posts, thus being alienated by Cao Mao.

Cao Mao also had Zhang Hua and others around him, so he was not in a hurry to forgive them.

"His Majesty!"

They looked at Cao Mao eagerly, hoping to regain the emperor's favor.

Cao Mao said solemnly with a stern face: "Now go and inform the eunuchs in all places to pay attention to the situation in the palace and remember to report to me at any time if there is anything."

Mr. Xu quickly bowed, "Yes! This servant will never let your majesty down!"

"Well, please don't make any more mistakes this time, otherwise, there will be no need to discuss this matter of the eunuchs anymore."

"only!!"

The eunuchs also left.

Cao Mao fell into deep thought, and decided that all the ministers must be killed.

Just threatening them won't scare them, but now is not the time to kill them. If you want to kill them, you have to at least wait until you meet with people like Deng Ai and appease Chen Tai in the northwest.

Chen Tai can be considered as Sima Shi's legacy, and he is one of the few ministers who has dignity.

He has outstanding abilities and is both civil and military.

Sima Yi's Luoshui Oath had brought him great shame, so he asked to go to the frontier, which was a bit like self-exile.

Otherwise, with his status and qualifications, he should have entered the Secretariat and become the actual ruler of the Wei Dynasty long ago.

If we can get Chen Tai and Deng Ai, plus Guanqiu Jian, Ma Long, Yin Damu, Cheng Jian, Li Zhao and Ji Kang in the central army.

He could just massacre the temple directly without any hesitation. No matter what kind of noble family they were, Sima Shi had already told him the best way. To deal with these people, just slaughter their clans.

Cao Mao was lost in thought when he suddenly heard a commotion outside.

A eunuch hurried in, "Your Majesty! Cheng Jun and others have been blocked outside the palace gate!"

Cao Mao laughed again.

"follow me!"

Cao Mao led many eunuchs and guards and walked out of the West Hall quickly.

When they arrived at the main gate of Taiji Hall, Cheng Ji was shouting something loudly along with Gao Dan.

Gao Dan led the soldiers in the hall and stood in front of them.

"Do you want to rebel?!"

"Get out of my way!"

Cheng Ji was roaring.

Gao Dan was not afraid of him, but said coldly: "I have been ordered to protect Your Majesty. The eunuchs in the court have committed many evil deeds and have been dismissed. You can go back and wait for the imperial edict!"

Cheng Ji was furious. "I have never heard of this decree! Whose decree is this? Is it from your old dog father?!"

Gao Dan was furious, "How dare you, you bastard, insult my father!"

"This is the order of the Minister of State. The eunuchs in the court have condoned Your Majesty's closeness to eunuchs, alienating mother and son, causing Your Majesty to behave more licentiously. He is obsessed with women, disrespectful to the Queen Mother, and distrustful of the ministers. He drinks during sacrificial ceremonies and aims his arrows at the Zhaoyang Palace!"

"Your Majesty is still young, and his mistakes are understandable, but the eunuchs turned a blind eye and condoned your Majesty's mistakes. The Minister of the Chancellery has already issued an edict to dismiss you all!" "Since you have left the Taiji Hall, do not come back!"

Cheng Ji was stunned. He had seen people frame others, but he had never seen anyone so shameless.

Who doesn't know how filial the emperor is to the empress dowager? He goes to see her every morning.

What kind of behavior is dissolute, unfilial, indulging in women, aiming at Zhaoyang Palace when shooting arrows, drinking during sacrifices, he just opens his mouth and says so!
I thought that all the court officials were important figures, but I didn't expect that they would be like this.

Yang Hu frowned and asked calmly, "Is this an order from the Secretariat? From Duke Zheng? Or from the Minister of the Interior?"

Gao Dan looked at Yang Hu with some vigilance in his eyes, but when he looked at the people behind him, he gained some confidence.

"Lord Yang, you are among those impeached. You are no longer the Protector General. This is an order issued after consultation among the ministers of the Secretariat. You are new here and, because you are unfamiliar with the situation, you made a mistake, but it is not a serious one and can be forgiven. Go home and wait! Don't make another mistake!"

Yang Hu suddenly understood.

"It's the order of the ministers."

Inside the Chancery.

The ministers gathered together, their faces looking very cautious.

Zheng Chong sat in the upper seat, dissatisfaction almost written on his face.

He was strongly opposed to the actions of his ministers this time.

However, Zheng Chong, the Shangshu Ling, was more like a puppet of the ministers than Cao Mao.

Gao Rou, Sima Fu, Wang Xiang and others looked at each other.

Just today, Sima Fu and Wang Xiang found Gao Rou. The three of them conspired for a long time, and Sima Fu still used the story of Gaopingling to intimidate him.

Gao Rou was already extremely dissatisfied with the emperor's behavior, and Wang Xiang also gave up the idea of using the conflict between the emperor and them to help himself ascend to the throne.

Because he found that the emperor would never act according to his own ideas, and Gao Rou and Sima Fu would not take action against the emperor alone.

In this situation, Wang Xiang proposed to stabilize the ministers first, stop fighting for future positions, and get things done first.

Wang Xiang believed that if the ministers continued to fight among themselves like this, Sima Zhao and Cao Mao would definitely benefit in the end. The current situation was very unfriendly to the ministers.

After conspiracy, the three parties finally reached an agreement.

First, complete the major tasks, take back all the power to the Secretariat, and then compete for the ranking.

The three of them may not absolutely trust each other, but they have common interests, so they can temporarily put aside their personal gains and losses and work together to deal with the emperor.

After deciding to join forces, Sima Fu expressed his thoughts.

He convicted the current Minister of the Interior. Those charges seemed to be directed at the Huabiao and the many eunuchs, but any discerning person could see that they were all hinting at the faults of His Majesty.

They accused the guards led by Cheng Ji of allowing the emperor to shoot arrows towards the Zhaoyang Palace, and several times the arrows hit the door of the Zhaoyang Palace.

They reprimanded Shi Zhonghua for tolerating eunuchs, which allowed the emperor to have close contact with them.

They reprimanded many imperial eunuchs, claiming that they were the ones who alienated the mother and son, causing discord between His Majesty and the Queen Mother.

The three big bosses joined forces and the decree was issued very quickly.

When they jointly proposed this matter, all the ministers were very happy.

Finally, there is no need for internal fighting anymore. In the beginning, all the ministers followed him because they were told how much benefits he would bring after being in power.

But now, there is no benefit at all, and they are fighting all day long. Ministers are in trouble one after another.

They have long been fed up with living in fear like this.

Now these three have decided to stop fighting among themselves and focus on their work. This is a blessing for everyone!
Good days are coming!

The ministers were looking forward to this.

Even ministers like Chen Qian were a little shaken at this moment. After all, if the Secretariat was peaceful, he could do great things without having to wait for the emperor to appoint him.

The same is true for Zheng Mao. As long as the court is peaceful, he can protect himself.

Among the crowd, only Wang Jing was extremely angry.

These people want to depose the emperor!
The crimes they fabricated for the emperor were so serious. Just shooting arrows at the Zhaoyang Palace could be twisted slightly to mean wanting to kill his mother. They could directly deprive the emperor of all his powers and even demote him to a commoner.

Thinking about how he had just advised the emperor to stay calm and not take action, Wang Jing felt extremely guilty.

If Your Majesty is really harmed by these villains, wouldn't I become an accomplice?

What to do now?

He was in stark contrast to the ministers in the court who were cheering and jubilant.

Gao Rou said, "I have already given orders to my son to be on guard against those villains who might act desperately and harm His Majesty."

Sima Fu continued, "Your Majesty is still too young to distinguish right from wrong."

"Your Majesty, you are the elder of the royal family. What do you think?"

Sima Fu looked at Cao Yu.

All the ministers' eyes fell on this royal minister.

Facing those hostile gazes, the elderly Cao Yu began to tremble all over.

It's endless, right?

Do you still want to use me to harm the emperor?
(End of this chapter)